Rumbaugh v. Winifrede Railroad

FIELD, Chief Judge.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the defendant corporations for his alleged wrongful discharge and joins the defendant Union for its alleged discrimination against him in procuring his discharge. He alleges that this Court should take jurisdiction of the action by virtue of the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, the Taft-Hartley Act and the Interstate Commerce Act. The defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint on various grounds but it is necessary to consider only the question of this Court’s jurisdiction over the subject matter of this…